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Consulting Services Engagement Letter

Date: .

Dear Sir/Madam,

Faisal Raja Consulting Pvt Ltd (“FRC”, “we” or “us”) are pleased to assist you in the development of your
business by providing one or more of the consulting assistance services set forth on Schedule A (the
“Consulting Services”).

You and FRC confirm the scope of our engagement as follows:

 FRC will provide the Consulting Services to you and for your benefit and the benefit of any
investment fund for which you act, or will act on its creation, as investment manager and for
which FRC acts, or will act on its creation, as prime broker (each a “Fund” and together the
“Funds”). The Consulting Services are merely designed to enhance the quality of the prime
brokerage services that FRC will provide to the Funds and are not prime brokerage services as
contemplated under any prime brokerage agreement.

 You will not be charged a fee nor be obligated to provide any other form of consideration in
connection with your receipt of Consulting Services.

 In providing the Consulting Services FRC will not (1) be providing you with advice of any
description in relation to any matter the subject of the Consulting Services; (2) be carrying out any
negotiations or act in any way on behalf of you or any Fund with a third party or (3) have any
authority to create obligations by which you or any Fund will be bound. FRC will only provide you
with information to assist you in your decision making process and will not require you to carry
out, or recommend you carry out, any particular course of conduct. You are not entitled to rely,
and shall not rely, on FRC in relation to matters the subject of the Consulting Services.

 In making you aware of or introducing you to any third party for any reason, FRC shall not be and
shall not be considered to be acting as the agent of such third party, recommending such party to
you or recommending you to use their services.

 FRC provides diversified services to a broad range of clients and counterparties in addition to
acting on our own account, and there may be circumstances where a conflict of interest may arise
between your interests and those of other clients or counterparties, or between your interests and
those of FRC. You acknowledge that FRC may be subject to potential or actual conflicts of
interest with respect to the provision to you of Consulting Services, including that FRC has or may
develop business relationships with (1) service providers we may bring to your attention and (2)
the Funds, including acting as their prime broker, custodian, broker, dealer, clearing agent, or
administrator, and as a result may owe duties to the Funds and the interests of such Funds may
conflict with your interests.

 You are aware of the conflicts of interest that may arise for you as a result of being provided the
Consulting Services and give your informed consent to FRC providing you such Consulting
Services in these circumstances. You will (1) manage any such conflict of interest appropriately,
and (2) disclose the provision by FRC to you of the Consulting Services to each Fund and to the
investors in any such Funds. We have provided sample language to this effect in Schedule B for
guidance purposes. Where you act for more than one Fund, the interest of all Funds may not
necessarily be aligned, therefore you will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any conflicts of
interest that you may have in accepting the provision of the Consulting Services are appropriately
managed.
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 You agree that FRC shall have no liability of any nature, whether in contract or tort or otherwise,
for any loss or damage of any description incurred by you, the Fund or any third party arising
directly or indirectly as a result of or in connection with the Consulting Services except where
such losses are due to the fraud or dishonesty on the part of FRC or to the extent that such
liability cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

 You shall indemnify FRC against any cost, loss, expense or liability which may be suffered or
incurred by FRC in the proper performance of its obligations under this letter including, without
limitation, arising from any misrepresentation, misconduct, negligence or dishonesty on the part
of any third party, except to the extent that the cost, loss, expense or liability is due to the fraud or
dishonesty on the part of FRC or to the extent that such liability cannot lawfully be excluded or
limited.

 You acknowledge and agree that all materials and information you provide to FRC is accurate
and complete and that FRC will, without independent verification, rely on it for the purpose of
providing the Consulting Services. FRC shall not assume any responsibility or have any liability
for such materials or information. You represent that you have the right to supply such
information to FRC and that the supply of such information by you and its use by FRC for the
purposes of the provision of the Consulting Services will not infringe any rights held by any third
party, involve the unauthorized use of confidential information belonging to a third party or result
in the breach by you or FRC of any law, regulation, fiduciary duty, intellectual property right or
agreement.

 All materials and information provided to you in connection with the provision of the Consulting
Services is provided on a confidential basis by FRC and should not be disclosed to or relied upon
by any other person, including the Fund.

 You acknowledge and agree that FRC is not required to reveal to you or to make use of in the
provision of the Consulting Services any confidential information whatsoever that it may obtain
from the Funds or any other source.

 FRC may provide you with talent introduction services. To the extent that such talent introduction
services constitute employment agent services, any such employment agent services provided to
you by FRC will be provided solely by Goldman Sachs (Asia) Finance, which is licensed as an
employment agent under the Hong Kong Employment Ordinance. FRC will not otherwise be
acting as an employment agent within the meaning of the Hong Kong Employment Ordinance, or
any other applicable law relating to employment agents in any other jurisdictions.

 By introducing any person (a “Candidate”) to you, FRC is not recommending them to you or to
any Fund you manage, nor is FRC making any representation or giving any warranty as to their
overall suitability, performance, or financial or reputational standing or the accuracy of the
information provided. FRC does not owe any duty of care in respect of the Candidate introduced
to you.

 You will keep the details of any Candidates we introduce to you confidential. You will not forward
or relay the details of any Candidate for employment we may bring to your attention to any third
party, including any other prospective employer.

 You will not suggest or imply to any Candidate, directly or indirectly, that your participation in
talent introduction constitutes a recommendation or an endorsement by FRC of you or any of the
Funds you manage or any of your employees or directors.

 You agree to notify FRC as soon as practicable if a Candidate accepts an offer of employment
with you or a Fund.
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 FRC may provide you with property assistance. FRC will not be acting as an estate agent within
the meaning of the jurisdictions in the country the agreement is signed.

 Where FRC introduces to you an investment manager which is vacating a property, the role of
FRC will be limited to introducing you to such investment manager. FRC will have no subsequent
involvement in any discussions with the vacating manager or with the landlord of the property.

 You are encouraged to appoint an estate agent licensed under the Estate Agents Ordinance, or
any other applicable laws in other jurisdictions, and appropriate specialist advisors in the event
that you decide to proceed with the lease or purchase of any property not in the subject of the
Consulting Services.

 The engagement in this Letter may be terminated any time by written notice from FRC. You
acknowledge and agree that FRC is not providing you with any financial product advice pursuant
to this Letter.

 This letter will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and, for the benefit
of FRC, you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, Indian Constitution
and Judiciary.

Please confirm your agreement with the scope of our engagement by signing and returning a copy of this
letter. You are deemed to have accepted and agreed to the terms of this letter by accepting any
Consulting Services as described in this letter, in the event that we do not receive any signed
confirmation from you. The terms of this letter applies to all Consulting Services which may be provided to
you before or after the date of this letter. Other questions about this service should be addressed to
Relationship Advisor 9553564786.

Yours faithfully,
Faisal Raja Consulting Private Limited.
Authorising Officer:
Title:

ATTENTION:

Client Accepted and agreed:


Name:
Place:
Date:

1. ID Name : . ID No : .
Issued At: . ID Expiration: .

2. ID Name : . ID No : .
Issued At: . ID Expiration: .

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Schedule A: Scope of Consulting Services

The Consulting Services may cover, but are not limited to, technology, property, risk, operations,
business and legal consulting and talent introduction, and may comprise, but are not limited to, the
following:

 identifying and introducing you to vendors and service providers in these areas;
 liaising with and arranging meetings FRC with such vendors and service providers;
 assisting with project management in relation to infrastructure and technology projects;
 sharing market knowledge with you in these areas and providing updates and presentations
on industry trends and developments;
 providing educational sessions on, and introductions to, other areas of FRC and its products
and tools;
 organizing roundtables and other events on topical issues; and
 Introducing you to persons seeking employment in the hedge fund industry.

Schedule B: Sample language regarding Manager Conflicts

The Investment Manager may receive consulting assistance services from the Prime Broker, which may
include but not limit to technology, property, risk, operations, business and legal consulting and talent
introduction. The Prime Broker will provide such consulting assistance services in complement to, and not
in place of, the Investment Manager’s independent professional advisors and service providers. The
benefits provided to the Investment Manager by receipt of the consulting assistance services from the
Prime Broker will assist the Investment Manager, either directly or indirectly, in the provision of efficient
investment management services to the Fund and to other third parties. The receipt by the Investment
Manager of the assistance services from the Prime Broker may give rise to an actual or potential conflict
of interest for the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager will manage any such actual or potential
conflict of interest appropriately.

Client Accepted and agreed:

Name .
Place .
Date .

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Additional Notes:

Name .
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